September 21, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL JP Giglio (N&O) Wolfpack’s Manning will miss 3 weeks Gentry, who began his career as a walk-on, isn’t the first blocking back to be ignored in O’Brien’s offense. In 14 seasons and three games as a head coach, O’Brien hasn’t had a fullback run the ball. A graduate of […]
’11 Football
NC State Football By The Numbers – Post South Alabama Edition
Here are the season stats after the South Alabama win. Team Statistics Offense Points Per Game: 35.0 (ACC Rank: 6, Nat’l Rank: 42) High: 43 Low: 27 Rushing Yards: 122.0 (ACC Rank: 8, Nat’l Rank: 86) Passing Yards: 256.0 (6, 40) Total Offense: 378.0 (10, 77) Defense Points Per Game: 22.7 (ACC Rank: 7, Nat’l […]
Tuesday Links
Short week before State’s Thursday visit to Cincinnati. TOB taking his team to his hometown (WRAL). Manning will miss the game (N&O). Cincinnati looks to “return the favor” after losing in Raleigh last year (Cincinnati.com). 10 things you may not know (and may not care) about Zach Collaros (Cincinnati.com). Just like Alpha Wolf said Sunday […]
Manic Monday
September 19, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Just In Case You Missed It: J.P. GIGLIO (N&O) Pack dispatches South Alabama J.P. GIGLIO (N&O) N.C. State Wolfpack J.P. GIGLIO (N&O) Pack receivers earning keep GOPACK.COM Wolfpack Tames Jaguars with Aerial Assault MATT CARTER (THEWOLFPACKER.COM) R.J.MATTES, O-LINE SHOWED IMPROVEMENT Jacey Zembal (TheWolfpacker.com) Wolfpack offense starting to take shape […]
Pack beat Jaguars 35-13
GoPack: Mike Glennon’s career-high four touchdowns on 17-of-20 passing torched the South Alabama secondary and lifted NC State to a 35-13 win Saturday night at Carter-Finley Stadium. Glennon’s .860 completion percentage represents the highest single game total since Philip Rivers notched a .866 against Western Carolina in 2003. Taylor Gentry and T.J. Graham were the […]
Friday Farrago
September 16, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Ryan Tice (TheWolfpacker.com) Game slowing for Mike Glennon The most noticeable thing for Glennon between his first two college starts was how the game began to slow down against Wake Forest, although the ACC opponents offered a stiffer test than Liberty, members of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). “I […]
Thursday Compendium
September 15, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Matt Carter (TheWolfpacker.com) Audie Cole trying to stop bad habits Fifth-year senior linebacker Audie Cole admits that he did not enjoy looking at the film from the Wake Forest game. The Pack lost 34-27 after the defense struggled to contain the Demon Deacons’ offense. “We didn’t look good on […]
NC State Football By The Numbers – Post Wake Edition
Here are the season stats after the latest Wake Forest debacle. Team Statistics Offense Points Per Game: 35.0 (ACC Rank: 6, Nat’l Rank: 45) High: 43 Low: 27 (Disclaimer: Points may have been scored by offensive players, defensive players, special teams players, cheerleaders, dance team members, assistant coaches, the helmet cart and/or the wolf-dog mascot. […]
South Alabama vs NC State Preview: Take Two
Sometimes, you just need a “Take Two” moment. You realize the first “take” maybe wasn’t what you wanted it to be and just need to go back to the beginning. Maybe the lighting wasn’t right… maybe the dialog wasn’t executed the best… or maybe your secondary just sucked to high Hell and needs a second […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
September 14, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Jacey Zembal (TheWolfpacker.com) DT Markus Kuhn taking on leadership role Defensive tackle Markus Kuhn is well versed in the ups and downs of college football. The 25-year-old graduate senior has played on two teams that reached bowl games (2008 and 2010). Kuhn also watched the 2009 squad go 5-7 […]
